Le Pere Jules Calvados

About Le Pere Jules Calvados

Le Pere Jules is a French calvados house from Pays d'Auge, run by the Dupont family for six generations. For newcomers, it's a rounded, apple-sweet calvados with a distinct handmade character; for connoisseurs, one of the few houses still growing its own apples and pears on 100 hectares of its own land following organic principles.

History & Background

The company, later named Le Pere Jules, had its modest start in 1919, when Jules Desfrieches returned home from World War I and threw himself into producing and selling cider in Normandy. Success led him to expand into calvados in 1923, and the business has since been carried forward through the family, now in its fourth generation. Le Pere Jules produces cider, calvados, and pommeau from apples and pears grown on its own 100-hectare plantation, half of which is apple trees and a tenth pear trees, all cultivated organically with grazing cattle providing natural fertilization.

Production & Style

The Calvados is distilled from the estate's own apples and pears and aged in oak casks for many years, giving it a deep, complex character.

Signature Style

Full-Bodied, Apple-Fruity, Complex
The flavor offers a full-bodied, complex character with a clear touch of ripe apple and pear.

Facts

Did You Know?

Le Pere Jules grows its own apples and pears on its own farm, a field-to-bottle approach that is rare even within the Calvados region.

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